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A. All noise disturbances, defined in BCC 9.18.015 and not exempt under BCC 9.18.020, are prohibited at all times. The content of the sound will not be considered in determining a violation. The following acts are considered to be noise disturbances, if the noise is clearly audible across a real property boundary, or at least 75 feet from the source:

1. Operating or playing, or permitting the operating or playing of, any audio equipment, television set, musical instrument and similar device, whether portable or stationary or mounted on or within a motor vehicle;

2. Creating loud and raucous, and frequent, repetitive, or continuous sounds with the human voice;

3. Intentional sounding or permitting the sounding outdoors of any emergency warning device where an actual emergency does not exist; provided, that sounds created during maintenance or testing of such emergency warning devices does not constitute a noise disturbance;

4. Permitting any sounds to emanate from a construction site outside the hours that construction sounds are exempt from the provisions of this chapter or outside expanded hours authorized by the applicable department director pursuant to BCC 9.18.020(C);

5. Operating sound amplification equipment not in compliance with a permit issued pursuant to BCC 9.18.045A or a conditional use permit issued pursuant to Chapter 20.30B LUC;

6. The foregoing enumeration of acts shall not be construed as excluding other acts which may constitute noise disturbances.

7. Sounds which do not exceed the maximum environmental noise levels set forth in BCC 9.18.030 may constitute noise disturbances. (Ord. 5719 § 7, 2007; Ord. 4996 § 6, 1997; Ord. 4241 § 6, 1991; Ord. 3491 § 1, 1985.)